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An excerpt from www.HouseOfNames.com archives copyright © 2000 - 2013

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Where did the Norwegian Olsen family come from? What is the Norwegian Olsen family crest and coat of arms? When did the Olsen family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Olsen family history?

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Olsen Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Johan Hendrick Olsen, aged 29, arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1792

Olsen Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Andreas Julius Olsen, aged 21, landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1831
  • Osmund Olsen, aged 19, arrived in New York, NY in 1836
  • A. Olsen, who arrived in New York, NY in 1840
  • Anders Olsen, aged 2, landed in New York, NY in 1840
  • Olaus Olsen, aged 18, arrived in New York, NY in 1840


Olsen Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century


  • Alek Olsen, who arrived in Mississippi in 1900
  • Tobias Olsen, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1903
  • Adolf Olsen, who arrived in New York in 1909
  • Hans Jakob Gunnerus Olsen, who landed in Alabama in 1917
  • Carl Martin Olsen, who arrived in Alabama in 1921


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  • Eric Christian Olsen (b. 1977), American actor
  • Scott Matthew Olsen (b. 1984), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins
  • Tillie Lerner Olsen (1912-2007), award winning American writer associated with the political turmoil of the 1930s
  • Jon C. B. Olsen (b. 1969), American swimmer who won a total of five Olympic medals, including four gold at the 1992 and the 1996 Summer Olympics
  • Kenneth Harry Olsen (1926-2011), American co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1957
  • Mark Olsen (b. 1962), New Zealand expressive portrait artist


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  1. Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
  2. Foster, Joseph. Dictionary of Heraldry Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees. London: Bracken Books, 1989. Print. (ISBN 1-85170-309-8).
  3. Bullock, L.G. Historical Map of England and Wales. Edinburgh: Bartholomew and Son, 1971. Print.
  4. Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds. Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8).
  5. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
  6. Bede, The Venerable. Historia Ecclesiatica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History Of the English People). Available through Internet Medieval Sourcebook the Fordham University Centre for Medieval Studies. Print.
  7. Reaney P.H and R.M. Wilson. A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X).
  8. Burke, John Bernard Ed. The Roll of Battle Abbey. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  9. MacAulay, Thomas Babington. History of England from the Accession of James the Second 4 volumes. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1879. Print.
  10. Lennard, Reginald. Rural England 1086-1135 A Study of Social and Agrarian Conditions. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. Print.
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The Olsen Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Olsen Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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